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    Comatose and near death, alleged 'Skid Row Stabber' may finally gain freedom in decades-old serial case

    by James Queally, Los Angeles Times Aug 10, 2018 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Lying in a bed inside the jail ward at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Bobby Joe Maxwell's head lolled to one side as his sister entered the room.

    "Bobby. Bobby," she cooed softly last week as his eyes darted left to right, then up. She wasn't sure if he was reacting to her voice or just making what little random motions he could.

    The 68-year-old suspect in a string of skid row killings was prone under a mess of tubes and wires, his wrists and ankles outfitted in braces to prevent bedsores. Maxwell has been comatose since December of last year, when he suffered a massive heart attack.

    An obstruction to Maxwell's feeding tube nearly caused his death July 4, according to his relatives. Doctors say his condition

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